Everyone in the blogosphere seems to have buzzed about Martin Margiela’s unbelievably bad ass fucked-up denim except for me. Am I the ugly duckling? Hopefully not for long, then, because I too have decided to persue this dirt-cheap, high-fashion look. But, shockingly enough, I cannot afford these splendid jeans. Here’s how I feel about them:

So I have economically decided to customize my own out of a pair of worn down Guess jeans, already fraying at the seams and pockets. I’ve decided that since they’re on their way out anyway, I might as well use that look to my advantage and do something useful with them. Even i it doesn’t work out, it’s no great loss, right?

Their Way

(The originals, ripping it up on the runway)

My Way

I became so enamoured by the last picture that I am perusing dying my own slasher jeans black to better suit them for more formal occasions. I never knew completely destroyed clothing could be so classy.

madamoiselle robot – yeah, I can sympathize with your point of view on the slashed jeans, but i think its about time to make high fashion a little scruffier, so I fully support this fashion phenomenon.

ryder – thanks for your words, but the first thing i tried with these jeans before shredding them was bleaching, and that failed pretty badly because they were already a little pre-bleached.

The jeans look great. I am pretty much convinced at this point to destroy a pair of my jeans. I’m just worried about messing it up and then being out a perfectly good pair of jeans — is it possible to screw this up?? What is the secret? Scissors?

I don’t think you can really ‘screw up’ since your goal is to screw up your jeans in the first place. I used an exacto knife and tried to slash in straight lines. I tried them on periodically and slashed wherever seemed appropriate. I think you should go for it, good luck!